Fertilizer-distributer



C. BEVILL.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

APPucATloN man ma. la. |919.

Patented June 14,

@mi/11cm CLAIBOUBNBE'VILL, OF BUSHNLII, FLORIDA.

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Siiancationpfiaars raient.. Patented June 14,1921.

Application ledMarch 13, 1919. Serial No. 282,354.

To all whom t may concern.' v

Be it known that I, Cpnioolm BEVILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bushnell, in the county of'Sumter and State of Florida, haveinvented a new and useful F ertilizer-Distributer, of which the followinis a specification.

y invention relates to seed and fertilizer distributers and itsprincipal object isto provide a machine ofthis character which will dropthe seed or fertilizer at uniformly spaced distances in the ground.

A second object of the invention is to provide a planter or seeder whichwill cover the furrows having the seed deposited therein after thedropping operation.

A further object of the invention is to Y provide a planter which isautomatic in operation and which may be pushed over` the drilled land byhand.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a seeder andfertilizerV distributer which is constructed so that the operator maywalk to one side of the drilled land and not be forced to walk directlybehind the machine on the soft drilled land.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine of the abovecharacter which is simple in construction, consists of few parts whichmay be readily assembled and disassembled, and which may be manufacturedand sold at a minimum cost.

The above and other objects and advantages ofthe invention will be fullyapparent from the following specification and accompanying drawing.

The invention consists of the combination of parts, constructions,arrangements, and gen-1,.

eral assemblage which will be hereinafter specifically referred to andillustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure lis 'a top elevation of a planter constructed in accordance withmy invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, parts being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View of the seed Vdropping disk used in connectionwith the invention.

like characters of reference indicate like parts, the numeralV 5designates a beam which terminatesy in a laterally extending handle 6.Arranged in parallel relation to the beam 5 is a short beam 7 which iscon- Referring in detail to the drawing wherein nected to the, latterthrough the medium of abolt 8. Y g

Bolts 9V and 10 extend through the beams 5 and 6l at the middle of thelatter.- A shaft 11 also extends through these beams at their forwardends while a shaft 12 extends through the beams between the bolts 8 and9. Fixed to rotate on the shaft 11 between the beams 5 and 6 is a wheel13 which is formed with a furrow forming circumferential V shaped rim14. A pulley 15 is also fixed upon the shaft 11, which is operativelyconnected with the large pulley wheel 16 on the shaft 12 through themedium of a belt 17.

Supported between the beams 5 and 6 is a hopper 18 for containing theseed or fertilizer to be distributed. This hopper is formed with arectangular part 19, from which depends a semi-circular part 20 whichterminates into a discharge spout 21 at its forward end. The dischargespout extends downwardly behind the wheel 16.

Rotatable with the shaft 12 in the part 20 of the hopper is a disk 22which has circular guide dplates 23 secured toits opposite faces. The eges of these plates project beyond the edge of Vthe disk 22. Seed formedbetween the edges o the plates 23 by extending a strip of metal 24around the periphery of the disk and bending the same upon itself as at25 and then extending it reerlely and tangentially with respect to theDepending downwardly from the shaft 11 is a bar 26 from which extends asecond bar 27 that is positioned behind the discharge spout 21. Trailingbehind the discharge spout and carried by the bar 27 is a pair ofangularly disposed disks 28, the' purpose of which is to cover thefurrows in the ground after the seed have been dropped therein.

A handle 29 is connected with the beam 5 and extends at an angle to thesame and to the left of the beam.

The construction illustrated and described is considered to be thepreferred embodiment of the invention but it is to be understood thatthis disclosure is merely illustrative and that the invention may bemodified in as many respects as may be embodied in the sub-Joine claim.y

What is claimed is:

A fertilizer distributer including parallel spaced beams fixedlyconnected, said beams pockets 24 are extended beam and divergingrearwardly therefrom, a ground wheel journaled between the forward endsof the beams, a housing ixedly secured between said :beams and yback ofthe wheel, a discharge spout extending downwardly from the housing andbackV of the wheel, a disk mounted forrotation within the housing,pulleys revoluble with the'disk and wheelrespectively, means fortransmitting motion from one pulley to the other said disk having feedpockets .in its periphery, a rearwardly extending bar mounted to swingabout the axis of rotation of the wheel and located outside of the spacebetween the beams, a laterally extending member at theirear end of saidbar and projecting back of the wheel, and covering means carried by saidmember.

` 'In testimony that I claim the foregoing as f my own,I have heretoaffixed my signaturfl in the presence of two witnesses.

oLAIBoURN BEVILL.

Witnesses: v

J. F. AKINS, I y ,u A. J. BURNHAM.

